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Does Mayo Clinic take Medicare?
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I was a patient at the Mayo a year ago for Prostate Surgery. I am 71 years old, on Medicare, with an AARP Supplemental Plan F. This insurance combination is accepted at the Mayo. They do not accept patients with Medicare Advantage Plans. Advantage Plans have lower premiums for you, but your out of pocket expenses (deductibles) are greater. I received a letter from Mayo Clinic last year explaining that they would no longer except Advantage Plan insured patients.
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I am a new Mayo Phoenix patient as of August and am also a Medicare Advantage enrollee. Recently I learned that Mayo Phoenix will no longer accept Medicare Advantage as of Jan. 1, 2024. I don’t want to switch to original Medicare as I can’t get a supplemental policy due to now having pC.
I wished I knew that before engaging with Mayo; now I must find yet another provider and start from scratch with them.
Where is our “representative democracy” on issues like this and why is it not a widespread priority for policy reform?
Maybe it’s because our “representatives” do not have to deal with our health insurance system; they have their own sweet deal which they set up for themselves and, they get mucho dinero from the disease care industry so that the status quo, and its profits, are maintained.
What a drag.
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I am going to call back as our plan is not an advantage plan and cost us $300 a month extra through my husband’s 32 year teaching career retirement plan. The woman I spoke to didn’t ask any questions other than my name, age, and our insurance company. It’s worth a try because my health is rapidly declining to the point that my daughter, a 32 year RN, says my TSH level at 24.13 is now critical. I don’t know if connected as my TSH level in December was 9.85 - high but not critical then.